Cabrières (Hérault)

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Cabrières
Cabrièiras
Coat of arms of Cabrières
Cabrières (France)
Cabrières
region Occitania
Department Herault
Arrondissement Lodève
Canton Mèze
Community association Clermontais
Coordinates 43 ° 35 '  N , 3 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 35 '  N , 3 ° 22'  E
height 76-481 m
surface 29.02 km 2
Residents 475 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 34800
INSEE code 34045
Website http://www.cabrieres.fr/

Town hall (Mairie) of Cabrières

Cabrières ( Occitan : Cabrièiras ) is a place and a municipality in the south of France with 475 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Lodève and the canton of Mèze (until 2015: canton of Montagnac ). The inhabitants are called Cabrièrois .

location

Cabrières is located about 24 kilometers northeast of Béziers and about 50 kilometers west of Montpellier on the Boyne . Cabrières is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Mourèze in the north, Villeneuvette in the northeast, Lieuran-Cabrières in the east and northeast, Péret in the east, Fontès in the south and southeast, Neffiès in the south, Vailhan in the west and southwest and Valmascle in the west and northwest.

history

In terms of research history, the community is significant due to the prospecting near the village of Fontès, which is used as a measure of definition for the Carboniferous and Mississippian eras . As a copper deposit (Pioch Farrus), the area around Cabrières was an important place during the Bronze Age. In the early Middle Ages there was a Merovingian fortress here, which fell to the Visigoths at the beginning of the 6th century and was then expanded by them. Today only remains of the wall can be seen.

The red wine Lledoner Pelut is mainly produced in the wine region around Cabrières .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 461 415 364 330 307 338 429 483
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint Martin Church

  • Saint-Etienne church

  • Castle remains

Web links

Commons : Cabrières  - Collection of images, videos and audio files